2006 IBF World Championships – Mixed Doubles
The International Badminton Foundation (abbreviated IBF, now called the Badminton World Foundation) hosted the 2006 World Championships in Madrid, Spain in September of 2006. Mixed doubles has been an event at the World Championships since 1977. The following article lists the results of mixed doubles at the 2006 IBF World Champsionships, the 15th tournament of the event. Seeds Results Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Finals Referencestournamentsoftware.com {{DEFAULTSORT:2006 Ibf World Championships - Mixed Doubles - Mixed doubles, 2006 Ibf World Championships World Champions ...
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Palacio De Deportes De La Comunidad De Madrid
Sports Palace of the Community of Madrid or simply Madrid Sports Palace (Spanish: Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid), officially Movistar Arena since January 2025 for sponsorship reasons, is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena located in Madrid, Spain. The former building, which was built in 1960, was destroyed by a fire in 2001. Architects Enrique Hermoso and Paloma Huidobro projected a High-tech architecture, ''High-Tech'' style new arena that was built at the same location between 2002 and 2005. The arena hosted two major international basketball events in the first decade of the 21st century – the knockout stage of EuroBasket 2007 and will host once again in EuroBasket 2029, 2029, the EuroLeague’s 2008 Euroleague Final Four, Final Four 2008. It also hosted the final stage of the Copa del Rey de Baloncesto, Copa del Rey of basketball in 2006 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto, 2006, 2009 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto, 2009, 2011 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto, 2011, 2019 Co ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Badminton Pictogram
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players per side). Badminton is often played as a casual outdoor activity in a yard or on a beach; professional games are played on a rectangular indoor court. Points are scored by striking the shuttlecock with the racquet and landing it within the other team's half of the court, within the set boundaries. Each side may only strike the shuttlecock once before it passes over the net. Play ends once the shuttlecock has struck the floor or ground, or if a fault has been called by the umpire, service judge, or (in their absence) the opposing side. The shuttlecock is a feathered or (in informal matches) plastic projectile that flies differently from the balls used in many other sports. In particular, the feathers create much higher drag, causing the sh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thomas Laybourn
Thomas Laybourn (born 30 September 1977) is a retired badminton player from Denmark. He is a World Champion, two times European Champion and was ranked as world number 1 in the mixed doubles in January 2011. Career Laybourn won the 2006 European Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles with partner Kamilla Rytter Juhl. He also competed at the 2006 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles (with Juhl), and were defeated in the quarterfinals by Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms 14–21, 17–21. Laybourn made his first appearance at the Olympic Games in 2008 Beijing in the mixed doubles event with Juhl. They defeated Singaporean pair Hendri Kurniawan Saputra and Li Yujia in the first round, but lost to Flandy Limpele and Vita Marissa of Indonesia in the quarter-finals with a close rubber games. His biggest success was the title in the 2009 World Championships in the mixed doubles with partner Kamilla Rytter Juhl. It was the first Danish World Championships win since 2003 wh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mette Schjoldager
Mette Schjoldager (born 21 April 1977) is a Danish badminton player from Viby, Roskilde Municipality, on the island of Zealand. Career Schjoldager made her debut at the Olympic Games in 2000 Sydney. Teamed-up with Ann-Lou Jørgensen, they beat Elena Nozdran/ Viktoriya Evtushenko of Ukraine in the first round, but was defeated in the second round by Indonesian pair Etty Tantri/ Cynthia Tuwankotta. In the mixed doubles, she partnered with Jens Eriksen. The duo had a bye in the first round, beat Michael Keck/ Nicol Pitro of German, and were defeated bye Tri Kusharjanto/Minarti Timur of Indonesia in the quarterfinals. Schjoldager again competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Pernille Harder. They had a bye in the first round and were defeated by Ra Kyung-min and Lee Kyung-won of Korea in the round of 16. In the mixed doubles with partner Jens Eriksen, they defeated Svetoslav Stoyanov / Victoria Wright of France in the first round ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jens Eriksen
Jens Dyrløv Eriksen (born 30 December 1969) is a badminton player from Denmark. He competed in four consecutive Olympic Games from 1996 to 2008, and won a mixed doubles bronze medal in 2004 partnered with Mette Schjoldager. At the World Championships, Eriksen won two silvers in 1995 and 1997, and also two bronze medals in 2001 and 2006. Career 2004 Olympics He played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles and mixed doubles. In men's doubles, Eriksen and his partner Martin Lundgaard Hansen had a bye in the first round and defeated Howard Bach and Kevin Han of the United States in the second. In the quarterfinals, Eriksen and Hansen beat Fu Haifeng and Cai Yun of China 3-15, 15-11, 15-8. They lost the semifinal to Lee Dong-soo and Yoo Yong-sung of Korea 9-15, 15-5, 15-3 and the bronze medal match against Eng Hian and Flandy Limpele of Indonesia 15-13, 15-7 to finish fourth place. He also competed in mixed doubles with partner Mette Schjoldager. Th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gao Ling
Gao Ling (; born 14 March 1979) is a Chinese former badminton player. Career Noted for her consistency, anticipation, forecourt prowess, and sporting smile, Gao is one of the most successful doubles players in the history of women's badminton. Her four Olympic badminton medals are the most of any player. She has won titles at almost every top tier tournament in the world. Gao has earned four gold medals (among nine medals in total) at the BWF World Championships, three of them in women's doubles with Huang Sui Huang Sui ( zh, s=黄穗, t=黃穗, p=Huáng Suì; born 8 January 1982) is a Chinese- Australian female badminton player. Career Although Huang has won the Chinese National mixed doubles title almost all of her many international titles have ... ( 2001, 2003, and 2006) and one of them in mixed doubles with Zhang Jun ( 2001). She and Zhang Jun won consecutive gold medals in mixed doubles at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, overcoming severe tests in both. Gao ha ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zhang Jun (badminton)
Zhang Jun (; born November 26, 1977, in Suzhou, Jiangsu) is a former male badminton player from the People's Republic of China. He is now a coach with the Chinese national team following his retirement as an international player. Career As a doubles specialist, the solidly built Zhang Jun won several international men's doubles titles with compatriot Zhang Wei including the Swiss (1998), China (2001), and Thailand (2005) Opens. However, the majority of his titles, and the most prestigious ones, came in mixed doubles when he teamed up with the formidable Gao Ling. These included consecutive gold medals at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, earned by surviving a number of very close matches, particularly in 2000 when they were on the verge of elimination in the semifinals. In a similar fashion, Zhang and Gao captured the 2001 IBF World Championships by squeezing past the brilliant South Korean duo Kim Dong-moon and Ra Kyung-min 17-16 in the third game. Zhang's other titles with ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lee Hyo-jung (badminton)
Lee Hyo-jung (; ; born 13 January 1981) is a South Korean former badminton player. She won the gold medal in badminton mixed doubles at the Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics with her partner, Lee Yong-dae. Lee Hyo-jung and Lee Yong-dae were unseeded, and in the finals they beat the top seeds and 2005 and 2007 world champions Lilyana Natsir and Nova Widianto of Indonesia, 21-11, 21-17. Lee Hyo-jung also won the silver medal in badminton women's doubles at the aforementioned Olympics with Lee Kyung-won; they were seeded fourth and lost to the second-seeded Chinese pair, Du Jing and Yu Yang (badminton), Yu Yang. Lee became the first woman in Korean history to win gold medals at both the Olympics and the Asian Games. In the 2010 Asian Games, she partnered with Shin Baek-cheol instead of her usual partner, Lee Yong-dae. After winning the medal, she announced her retirement despite many pleas from her coaches and fans at home to continue playing until the L ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lee Jae-jin (badminton)
Lee Jae-jin (; ; born 26 January 1983) is a badminton player from South Korea. Career In 2003, he won the Hungarian International tournament in the mixed doubles event, and at the Norwegian International, he won the doubles title in the men's and mixed doubles events. In 2005, he won the mixed doubles title at the South Korea, German, Thailand, and Malaysia Open with Lee Hyo-jung. In Thailand, he also won the men's doubles title with Jung Jae-sung. Lee played at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Hwang Ji-man. They were seeded tenth and were defeated in the third round by Candra Wijaya and Tony Gunawan, 21–17, 21–16. In Beijing, 2008 Summer Olympics, Lee, and his partner Hwang won the first bronze medal after upsetting Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah in the first round and Tadashi Ohtsuka/ Keita Masuda in the quarter-final, but were defeated by Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China in the semi-final. Nevertheless, in the bronze medal match, Lee and Hwang su ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Liliyana Natsir
Liliyana Natsir (born 9 September 1985) is an Indonesian badminton player who specialized in doubles. She is one of the standout front court player, with dexterousness and skill in controlling and executing the shuttlecock. Natsir has tremendous record over more than two decade by winning a gold and a silver from the Badminton at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Games, and four gold medals at the BWF World Championships. Her achievements are recognized worldwide, and was inducted in the Badminton Hall of Fame, BWF Hall of Fame in 2022. Natsir was ranked BWF World Ranking, world number 1 in the mixed doubles with two different partner. Together with Nova Widianto, she won the gold medal at the 2005 IBF World Championships, 2005 and 2007 BWF World Championships, 2007 World Championships; 2006 Badminton World Cup, 2006 World Cup; 2006 Asian Badminton Championships, 2006 Asian Championships; and a silver medal at the Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics. Natsir wa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nova Widianto
Andreas Nova Widianto (born 10 October 1977) is an Indonesian former badminton player, and now works as a mixed doubles badminton coach in Malaysia. After ended his duty as an Indonesian mixed doubles national coach, he moved to Malaysia joining the Badminton Association of Malaysia as a mixed doubles national coach, and officially carry out his duties on 1 January 2023. Career Nova Widianto is considered one of the greatest doubles player in his era. He is known for his superb movement on court and versatility to be paired with various players. Widianto specialized in mixed doubles. He enjoyed some international success with Vita Marissa, winning the SEA Games in 2001, the Asian Badminton Championships in 2003, and the Japan Open in 2004. However, his greatest success came from a partnership with Lilyana Natsir. They have been one of the world's two or three leading teams. In 2005, they were able to win the World Championships in 2005, beating Xie Zhongbo and Zhang Yawen in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2006 IBF World Championships – Women's Doubles
Results Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Finals Referencestournamentsoftware.com {{DEFAULTSORT:2006 Ibf World Championships - Women's Doubles - Women's doubles, 2006 Ibf World Championships IBF ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |